Iryna Romaliyska is a correspondent for Current Time, the Russian-language channel run by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.
A strike committee leader at a major Belarusian chemical factory says workers are wary of publicly voicing their support and joining the opposition's national strike demanding that Alyaksandr Lukashenka step down amid threats of firings and other harassment by the state.
Belarus's Lukashenka says a group of Russian mercenaries in Minsk was plotting to "destabilize the country." What's the real story?
Russian journalist David Frenkel was trying to cover voting at a St. Petersburg polling station on June 30 when a police officer roughly attempted to remove him, breaking his collarbone in the process. The frightening incident was caught on video, and authorities say they are investigating. From the hospital where he is recovering after surgery, Frenkel described the incident in interviews with RFE/RL and Current Time.
A Chechen blogger says he fears for his life after a close ally of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov declared a blood feud against him.
